Schizophrenia Symptoms
03 Jan 2021
How can you tell if you have schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that impacts the way people think, feel, and behave. Some symptoms of...
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The 4 Schizophrenia Symptoms You Need to Know
17 Oct 2020
Schizophrenia is one of the most highly stigmatized mental health conditions, but the public perception of schizophrenia couldn’t be further from the truth. Nearly 50%...
Are Schizophrenia Simulations Accurate?
27 May 2020
I live with schizoaffective disorder and in this video, I react to and discuss three different schizophrenia simulations. This video is shared by Living Well with...
Schizophrenia – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment & pathology
14 Apr 2019
What is schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is a type of mental disorder characterized by several types of symptoms, including positive symptoms like delusions and...
My Experience with Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective Disorder
26 Feb 2019
In this video, I share my experiences being diagnosed with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder. It took several years of struggling as well as misdiagnoses ranging...
Latest Posts
An Introduction To The Nucleus Accumbens In Schizophrenia
12 Jan 2017
The Nucleus Accumbens is one of the basal ganglia and has been implicated of the pathophysiology of disorders such as depression and...
An Introduction To The Caudate In Schizophrenia
01 Jul 2016
The caudate forms the medial part of the striatum and has clear involvement with both cognitive and motor functions. Damage to this...
An Introduction To The Putamen In Schizophrenia
26 Oct 2015
Historically the putamen has been known to have a key role in regulating motor function. However in recent years the importance of this...
An Introduction To The Substantia Nigra In Schizophrenia
13 May 2015
The substantia nigra (SN) is a paired midbrain structure that lies immediately ventral to the cerebral peduncles at the level of the...
Schizophrenia Symptoms Linked To Faulty ‘Switch’ In Brain
30 Aug 2013
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have shown that psychotic symptoms experienced by people with schizophrenia could be caused by...
The International Society Of Affective Disorders
20 Aug 2013
Join us at the Intercontinental in Berlin for the 7th Biennial Congress of The International Society of Affective Disorders, 28th – 30th...
Neuropath-Ological Changes In The Nucleus Basalis In Schizophrenia
20 Aug 2013
Dr. Matthew Williams Visiting research associate in neuroscience at the MRC clinical sciences centre at Hammersmith Hospital and...
Neurochemical Traffic Signals May Open New Avenues For The Treatment Of Schizophrenia
10 Jun 2013
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have uncovered important clues about a biochemical pathway in the brain...
Study Identifies Predictors Of Cognitive Impairment In Schizophrenia
01 Feb 2013
A model using three patient characteristics was a significant predictor of general neurocognitive impairment in patients 3 years after...
RAISE: Early Intervention In Schizophrenia Put To The Test
17 Nov 2012
The National Institute of Mental Health is putting its research and clinical muscle into determining whether early intervention in...
Older Adults With Schizophrenia Can Achieve Remission
13 Nov 2012
Many older adults with a history of chronic schizophrenia can have a sustained remission if they receive appropriate psychosocial...
More Evidence Confirms Relevance of Risk Allele to Schizophrenia
05 Sep 2012
The rs1344706 SNP on the ZNF804a gene was found to correlate with the volume of cortical white matter in schizophrenia patients and...
Watch for Heavy Smoking in Schizophrenia
22 Aug 2012
Patients with schizophrenia who are heavy cigarette smokers are more likely to use substances such as alcohol than are those with the...
OCD Commonly Precedes Schizophrenia in Men With Both
11 Aug 2012
Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder preceded symptoms of schizophrenia in 48% of 133 patients hospitalized over an 11-year period...
Suicidality Tied to ‘Self-Disorders’ in Early Schizophrenia
25 Jul 2012
Among patients having their first episode of schizophrenia, suicidality is clearly associated with an altered sense of self, or what some...
Tobacco, Drug Use High Early in Course of Schizophrenia
24 Jul 2012
Illicit drug use is common among heavy cigarette smokers in the general population, but among outpatients with schizophrenia who are heavy...
Intranasal Oxytocin May Ease Schizophrenia Symptoms
18 Jul 2012
Interest in the use of intranasal oxytocin for the treatment of psychiatric disorders has expanded in recent years, and several new...
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Linked to Symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder
14 Jun 2012
Many children with oppositional defiant disorder but not autism nevertheless exhibit elevated symptoms of autism spectrum disorder as well...
Raloxifene Gains Ground as Adjunctive Schizophrenia Treatment
02 Jun 2012
The estrogen hypothesis of schizophrenia holds that estrogen has a protective, mitigating effect on schizophrenia in women, and that this...
Depot Injection Boosts Antipsychotic Compliance in Schizophrenia
24 May 2012
Long-acting, injectable formulations of antipsychotic drugs significantly boosted treatment compliance in patients with schizophrenia in a...
Computer Training Leads to Lasting Improvements in Schizophrenia
16 May 2012
Schizophrenia patients who underwent 80 hours of computerized training showed significant and sustained improvements in the ability to...
Schizophrenia With Panic Disorder May Be a Distinct Subtype
16 May 2012
Schizophrenia with comorbid panic disorder, also known as panic psychosis, appears to be a distinct subtype of schizophrenia, according to...
Range of Childhood Trauma Linked to Schizophrenia Risk
15 May 2012
People with schizophrenia are more likely to report having had a wide range of unhappy childhood experiences than are healthy, age-matched...
Metformin Resolves Amenorrhea in Antipsychotic-Treated Schizophrenia
10 May 2012
Treatment with metformin led to striking resolution of amenorrhea in women with schizophrenia treated with an antipsychotic drug, in a...
‘Mind-Pops’ More Common in Schizophrenia
17 Apr 2012
High-functioning patients with schizophrenia experienced “mind-pops” significantly more often than did two control groups in a...